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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/academic-spotlight-i-sterzi.html In between chasing birds and lounging on her editors’ desks, Merpel occasionally reads some of the materials that pass over them. Recently, she came across two academics publications that may be of particular interest to patent-oriented readers of IPKat. This post, therefore, kicks off a two-part miniseries, which will... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/lord-justices-floyd-and-arnold-disagree.html Some of the best inventions are the most simple. When judging the inventiveness of a simple invention, it is difficult not to be prejudiced by hindsight. An invention may seem obvious once an inventor has pointed the way, making it hard to recognise the inventive leap that was required. The... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/guest-post-anne-blacks-copyright-battle.html The IPKat team is grateful to Hanne Kirk and her team at Gorrissen Federspiel (Denmark) for an update on the fascinating copyright dispute involving the designer, Anne Black: Last year, this GuestKat wrote her first IPKat post about the decision from the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court in the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/breaking-eqe-to-be-held-online-next-year.html IPKat has received the breaking news that the EPO plans to move the EQE online next year (many thanks to Katfriend Gwilym Roberts for sending us the news!). The information comes from the EPO president himself in the final episode of the popular “Two IPs In A Pod” podcast,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-closing-of-chinese-consulate-in.html Former Katonomist, Nicola Searle, has devoted significant research attention as Senior Lecturer and Digital Economy Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, to the issue of trade secrets. She brings her insights to the issue of the closure by the U.S. government of the Chinese consulate in Houston. With countries... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/breaking-eqe-to-be-held-online-next.html Many readers will have attended yesterday’s CIPA seminar on the upcoming PEB exams. If you missed it, a recording of the webinar can be heard here. Vicki Salmon (chairman of the CIPA Education Committee) introduced the webinar. Mike Williams from the PEB Governance Board first provided some further details on... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/prs-for-music-off-to-flying-start-in.html In a High Court decision – under Covid protocol of course – published 17/07/2020 – Mr Justice Birss dismissed an appeal by Qatar Airways, finding that a copyright infringement case brought by the Performing Right Society (PRS) should be heard by the English courts. Background The applicant, PRS, is... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/reminder-todays-joint-ipkatblaca-live.html Merpel is already waiting in front of her laptop As reported by The IPKat, last week Advocate General (AG) Saugmandsgaard Øe issued his much-awaited Opinion in Joined Cases C-682/18 and C-683/18, advising the Court of Justice of the European Union to rule that: Platforms like YouTube and Uploaded (the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/almost-everything-you-want-to-know.html From time to time, this Kat encounters an examiner’s assertion that the trademark in question is a “portmanteau” word or the equivalent. The idea here is that the mark consists of two words, which are truncated and blended to create a new word, such as smog (blending “smoke” and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/guest-post-copyright-protection-in.html Back in 2017, The IPKat reported [here and here] on the Qatar diplomatic crisis in the context of the beIN Sports case and the related WTO dispute. Now, The IPKat is pleased to host a guest post by Giovanni Gruni (Esade Business School), who reflects on the outcome of... Continue reading
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